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BusinessNovember 12

Most of South must wait for 4G

Telecom and Vodafone are both promoting their new 4G high-speed data networks but the experience will remain elusive in the South for a while yet.

QueenstownMay 4

Vodafone credits draw praise, fire

Some Wanaka Vodafone customers, fed up with mobile network congestion during peak times, are welcoming news of credits to their account and improvements to the service.

BusinessFebruary 28

4G first but data caps stay the same

Vodafone yesterday launched a 4G network, the first in New Zealand, but Institute of IT Professionals chief executive Paul Matthews said the company had missed a ''real opportunity'' by not lifting data caps.

BusinessFebruary 24

New cable 'won't address monopoly' - Greens

A second internet link out of New Zealand announced today will not address Telecom's "monopoly" on international connectivity, the Green Party says.

BusinessNovember 15

Vodafone loses 50,000 customers

Vodafone lost 50,000 mobile customers between July and September, on the back of similar losses in the New Zealand market earlier this year.

BusinessNovember 9

Vodafone on hunt for more customers

With its $840 million takeover of TelstraClear passing through the required regulatory hoops, a beefed-up Vodafone is on the hunt for customers and is now well placed to emerge as the country's leading mobile and internet provider, says one analyst.

BusinessAugust 3

Exciting times for communications

For 10 years, Vodafone NZ chief executive Russell Stanners has lived the dream as technology has evolved from simple phones and text messages to video-on-demand and smartphones people will not leave home without.

NationalJuly 19

Vodafone fee angers some customers

Vodafone mobile customers will be stung with a new penalty fee if they are late paying their bill.

BusinessJuly 15

Impact of TelstraClear purchase 'limited'

The decision by Vodafone to buy TelstraClear for $840million would have a "relatively limited" impact on Telecom, Forsyth Barr broker Tom Bliss said yesterday.

BusinessJuly 12

Vodafone's TelstraClear deal 'should be' good for consumer

Cheaper and better internet and telephone deals may be on the cards following Vodafone's big move to buy TelstraClear, a telecommunications expert says.

BusinessJuly 12

Shakeup on cards after Vodafone buys TelstraClear

TelstraClear is to be sold by its Australian owner to Vodafone NZ in a deal that could shake up the internet market in New Zealand.

BusinessJune 5

Vodafone talks to Telstra about buying TelstraClear

Telstra, Australia's biggest phone company, says it is in talks with Vodafone over the possible sale of its TelstraClear unit in New Zealand.

BusinessOctober 18

Commission's case against phone company delayed

A Commerce Commission case against Vodafone for a promotion offering $10 free credit to customers has been delayed until next month.

BusinessOctober 4

Hackers bring down Vodafone internet

An online assault on a California company knocked out some of Vodafone's internet services yesterday.

BusinessSeptember 27

Vodafone guilty of false advertising

Mobile phone giant Vodafone has been found guilty of misleading customers through false advertising, less than two months after it was fined more than $400,000 for similar offending.

BusinessAugust 22

Vodafone signs up for Pacific Fibre

Vodafone New Zealand has signed up as a customer of Pacific Fibre, the company that wants to build an undersea cable between Australia, New Zealand and the United States to rival the Southern Cross cable network.

BusinessJuly 19

Vodafone admits misleading customers

Vodafone has admitted misleading customers in the promotion of internet service Vodafone Live.

BusinessJune 1

Vodafone hikes iPhone 4 price

Vodafone has increased the price of the iPhone 4, and will now charge $330 more for the smartphone on some contracts.

BusinessMay 5

Rate decision extreme, Vodafone says

The Commerce Commission had taken an "extreme view" on the mobile termination rates regulations released yesterday, Vodafone corporate affairs general manager Tom Chignall said.

NationalApril 7

Software targets driver cellphone use

Vodafone is watching overseas use of a motion sensor technology which is capable of locking drivers out of most of a mobile phone's functions while it is on the move.

BusinessFebruary 7

Rural broadband big players talking

Telecom and Vodafone seem to have the inside running in building the $285 million rural broadband network under the Government's initiative.